Transportation & Infrastructure

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer has lured a long-time Clayton Utz infrastructure partner to the firm's projects, energy and infrastructure practice.

A major growth plan for Sydney Airport in response to a jump in predicted demand has won approval from the federal government, which pointed to the airport's role as a key gateway to Australia.

Engineering firms Arup and WSP have won a contract to progress planning for a freight rail connection to the new Westport container terminal in Kwinana.

A judge has tossed a lawsuit by the owners of the common area at a Pitt Street arcade seeking $11.55 million for the compulsory acquisition of a pedestrian access easement for the Sydney Metro, finding they were not able to recover the losses of individual lot owners.

An appeals court has held that former INXS manager Maria-Christina Copinger-Symes, whose father was part of a wealthy shipping dynasty, cannot withdraw concessions made by her senior counsel in her claim over her father’s estate. 

A local amateur astronomy group has failed to convince the Administrative Review Tribunal to review a minister's decision to approve the airport plan and flight paths for the Western Sydney International Airport.

Holding Redlich has hired four Melbourne-based lawyers from HWL Ebsworth, including two partners, to bolster its construction team.

Mallesons-represented Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has obtained financing for the next stage of the Supernode battery energy storage system project in Queensland.

Aircraft manufacturer Airbus and the Commonwealth have been hit with a class action by the family members of four aviators who were killed when an army helicopter crashed off the coast of Queensland in 2023.

Monadelphous Group subsidiary Kerman has secured a $165 million Rio Tinto contract for the design and construction of facilities at the mining giant's Brockman Syncline 1 project in the Pilbara.